BENEATH A SKY OF THORNS

The sun hung low in the sky, casting dappled shadows across the land. A stifling wind whistled through the barren trees, their branches twisting towards the heavens like skeletal fingers. Within this desolate landscape, a lone figure made. Their footsteps were soft, swallowed by the whispering thorns that covered the ground. Each thorn was jagged,

Society sometimes finds it cloaked in a veil of ethics. This construct, woven from values, functions to direct our behaviors. Yet, beneath this assumed veil, a nuanced reality often exists. Individuals are driven by a variety of factors, some acceptable and others shadowy. This meeting point of morality and human nature can lead to a intriguing ex